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Sep 30, 2021

Briefing Call: Afghan Arrivals, Haiti, and More

Catch the latest developments about newly arrived Afghans, asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border, deportations to Haiti, and more.

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Sep 24, 2021

Dispatch: Welcoming Afghans Who Made It to the U.S.

HIAS Public Affairs Officer Andrea Gagne recently returned from Fort Bliss in Texas and Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, after several weeks assisting with processing of some of the tens of thousands of Afghans airlifted from Kabul in the days before the withdrawal of U.S. forces.

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Sep 23, 2021

Helping European Jewish Communities Help Afghan Refugees

HIAS Europe and ECJC launched a campaign to help European Jewish communities help Afghan refugees.

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Sep 23, 2021

Title 42: Over a Million Expulsions and No End in Sight

Title 42 has largely closed America’s borders to refugees and asylum seekers. When the pandemic hit, Trump administration invoked the 75-year-old public health law that, they claimed, gave immigration authorities the power to expel migrants without providing them their legally mandated opportunity to seek protection in the U.S.

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Sep 20, 2021

Refugee Agencies Prepared for Afghan Resettlement

Resettlement organizations across the United States, including many HIAS affiliates, are prepared, and continuing to prepare for the resettlement of Afghan refugees. Volunteers have offered unprecedented amounts of time, money and furniture.

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Sep 20, 2021

Afghan Humanitarian Parolees Are Refugees, Hetfield Writes to Washington Post

In a letter to the editor of the Washington Post, Mark Hetfield argued that Afghan humanitarian parolees should have access to the same rights and benefits as refugees.

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Sep 17, 2021

The Tragedy of “Remain in Mexico”

For 70,000 people, the U.S. Supreme Court’s late August “Remain in Mexico” decision is a tragedy beyond their control.

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Sep 6, 2021

Afghans Need to be Classified as Refugees, Hetfield tells MSNBC

Mark Hetfield told MSNBC that the U.S. needs to reclassify Afghans who are coming into the U.S.

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Sep 2, 2021

New York Times’ Afghan Workers Assisted by HIAS in Mexico

HIAS received an urgent request from officials at The New York Times and mobilized to help their Afghan workers who were being evacuated to Mexico City.

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Aug 31, 2021

Former Board Chair Dale Schwartz Remembered

Dale Schwartz, a long-time member of the HIAS board and past HIAS board chair, died August 27.

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